The 30th International Film Festival of Kerala opened Friday in Thiruvananthapuram, India, with a politically charged and internationally focused ceremony led by Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín , the ambassadors of Palestine and Germany, and Canadian director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, who received this year’s Spirit of Cinema Award.

Kerala’s Minister for Culture Saji Cherian formally inaugurated the edition, which marked the festival’s three-decade legacy with film launches, book releases and tributes.

Festival executive director C. Ajoy welcomed the guests by tracing IFFK’s journey from its beginnings to what he called “the strongest cultural edifice of Kerala.” He acknowledged the many “unknown names” who had shaped the festival and reaffirmed Kerala’s solidarity with global struggles,

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